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Nevada Earthquake History
Since July 26, 1901, the USGS has recorded 351 earthquakes of magnitude 4.5 or greater in Nevada, 13 of them magnitude 6 or above. The strongest was M 7.1.
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Strongest in Nevada
M 7.1 · The 1954 Fairview Peak, Nevada EarthquakeDecember 16, 1954M 6.9 · The 1954 Dixie Valley, Nevada EarthquakeDecember 16, 1954M 6.8 · The 1915 Pleasant Valley, Nevada EarthquakeOctober 3, 1915M 6.8 · The 1932 Cedar Mountain, Nevada EarthquakeDecember 21, 1932M 6.5 · 17 km ESE of Fallon Station, NevadaAugust 24, 1954M 6.4 · Near Fernley, NevadaApril 24, 1914M 6.3 · The 1934 Excelsior Mountains, Nevada EarthquakeJanuary 30, 1934M 6.2 · The 1954 Rainbow Mountain, Nevada EarthquakeJuly 6, 1954M 6.1 · Near Tonopah Junction, NevadaNovember 21, 1910M 6.1 · 4 km S of Carter Springs, NevadaSeptember 12, 1994
All recorded earthquakes
M 4.7 mlJuly 8, 1954
16 km E of Fallon Station, Nevada
M 4.5 mlJuly 8, 1954
16 km E of Fallon Station, Nevada
M 4.8 mlJuly 8, 1954
16 km E of Fallon Station, Nevada
M 4.6 mlJuly 7, 1954
16 km E of Fallon Station, Nevada
M 5.9 mwJuly 6, 1954
21 km SSE of Fallon Station, Nevada · depth 10 km
M 4.5 mlJuly 6, 1954
16 km E of Fallon Station, Nevada
M 4.5 mlJuly 6, 1954
16 km E of Fallon Station, Nevada
M 5.2 mlJuly 6, 1954
16 km E of Fallon Station, Nevada
M 4.5 mlJuly 6, 1954
16 km E of Fallon Station, Nevada
M 5.7 mlJuly 6, 1954
16 km E of Fallon Station, Nevada
M 4.5 mlJuly 6, 1954
16 km E of Fallon Station, Nevada
M 4.8 mlJuly 6, 1954
16 km E of Fallon Station, Nevada
M 5.5 mlJuly 6, 1954
16 km E of Fallon Station, Nevada
M 6.2 mwJuly 6, 1954
The 1954 Rainbow Mountain, Nevada Earthquake · depth 10 km
M 5.3 mlSeptember 26, 1953
1 km NNE of Verdi, Nevada
M 4.5 mlAugust 9, 1953
12 km S of Caliente, Nevada
M 4.6 mlNovember 18, 1952
63 km WNW of Austin, Nevada
M 4.8 mlNovember 13, 1952
11 km ESE of Hawthorne, Nevada
M 4.8 mlMay 24, 1952
39km ENE of Boulder City, NV · depth 6 km
M 5.1 mlMay 9, 1952
12 km SSE of Reno, Nevada
M 4.8 mlJanuary 22, 1951
1 km SW of Glenbrook, Nevada
M 4.5 mlOctober 23, 1950
37 km W of Austin, Nevada
M 4.5 mlOctober 17, 1950
34 km ENE of Austin, Nevada
M 4.5 mlJuly 18, 1949
Nevada
M 5.5 mlFebruary 11, 1949
30km WSW of Tonopah, NV · depth 6 km
M 4.5 mlJanuary 2, 1949
22 km WNW of Walker Lake, Nevada
M 4.6 mlMarch 28, 1948
2 km NNE of Kingsbury, Nevada
M 4.7 mlApril 27, 1946
15 km NE of Mina, Nevada
M 5.0 mlMarch 17, 1946
20 km ESE of Mina, Nevada
M 5.1 ukJanuary 15, 1946
31 km WSW of Battle Mountain, Nevada
M 5.1 mlSeptember 18, 1945
21 km NNE of Crescent Valley, Nevada
M 5.6 mwAugust 9, 1943
37 km N of Dyer, Nevada · depth 15 km
M 5.5 mlDecember 3, 1942
7 km N of Wadsworth, Nevada
M 5.0 mlAugust 18, 1942
13 km NE of Hawthorne, Nevada
M 4.5 ukJuly 11, 1942
49 km NNE of Tonopah, Nevada
M 5.0 mlJuly 11, 1942
49 km NNE of Tonopah, Nevada
M 5.5 msAugust 29, 1941
55 km SSE of Denio, Nevada
M 5.0 mlJuly 18, 1941
35 km ENE of Nixon, Nevada
M 4.5 mlJuly 8, 1940
32 km NE of Mina, Nevada
M 4.5 mlApril 7, 1940
43 km SSE of Alamo, Nevada · depth 16 km
Source: U.S. Geological Survey, Earthquake Hazards Program. Older and smaller earthquakes are under-counted relative to recent decades as instrumentation improved. A record of past shaking is not a forecast. See About the Data.